27/10/2011 13:48
Kirkuk, October 27 / October (Rn) - unanimous in the key components in the province of Kirkuk, the need for local government elections in the province disputed between the governments in Baghdad and the Kurdistan region, but they disagreed on the mechanism to be followed in the process. The elections were held provincial councils of Iraq in 2009 with the exception of Kirkuk due to differences between the components on the mechanism of distribution of seats on the components of the province. He cited Iraq, Article 23 of Kirkuk in the provincial elections law No. 36 of 2008 which provides for the distribution of seats among Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen, 32 per cent of each component and the granting of 4 per cent remaining for Christians . But the Kurds were strongly opposed to the application of article and said that figure was not commensurate with the size of the component of the Kurdish province and called for the holding of elections in which like the rest of the provinces without setting a specific percentage of each component. He said a Kurdish member of the provincial council Shirzad just told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "Kirkuk excluded from the elections in 2009 because the provincial election law excluded Kirkuk mechanism applied in all the districts and cited article of its own. " "The Kurds are demanding the holding of elections in the province like the rest of the provinces and unconditionally. and this was our demand since the first day was the talk about the elections boards the province. " He continued by saying, "I think if elections were held in Kirkuk in a fair and transparent you will get all based on the voices and maturity and be a true representation of all components of Kirkuk provincial council do not think the situation is different than it is in the provinces where there is a diversity of ethnic . " He continued by saying that "the Kurds have given up in the province of Kirkuk as a sovereign and a state of compromise. and Arab brothers are also involved in the administration as deputy governor third son brother Arabic belongs to the list of Arab as well as the President of the Council is one of the brothers, the Turkmen." The governor of Kirkuk, Abdul-Rahman Mustafa has continued in office since 2003, but resigned with the head of the provincial council, Rizgar Ali in March / March after popular demonstrations demanding their resignation due to poor services. and a few days later was elected a Kurdish governor and chairman of a local Turkoman new in the city of Kirkuk, which raised the ire of Arab component . stressed User Turkmen in Kirkuk Provincial Council to improve Khah the need to "accelerate the creation a special law for elections in the province of Kirkuk due to undergo Kirkuk to the law 21 of the governorates not organized province." He explained that "there is confirmation of the claims in the street Alkaragoki the need for elections There is also emphasized by the political parties and movements, but as you know we need to set up introductions so you can find a consensus between the political blocs to hold the elections in the province of Kirkuk. " He added that "the reason for not holding the elections is not to get political consensus on the steps that lead to the election of the Board Kirkuk province. " He continued by saying "I do not think that all the components of Kirkuk will get the maturity if the elections were held. should he turn to the practices of the democratic process and should not be the monopoly of the Council for specific members only, but to allow the holding of elections in order to attain each component of the electoral entitlement but it is necessary to find formulas consensus before the elections. " and the province of Kirkuk as well as areas in Nineveh and Diyala, Salahuddin, one of the disputed areas between the Baghdad government and the Kurdistan region. The former Iraqi regime, which dropped in 2003 at the hands of international forces led by America, had made changes in population in areas inhabited by mixture nationalist in favor of Arabs at the expense of the Kurds, including Kirkuk, which lies 255 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. He cited Iraq, an article in the constitution is 140 to settle the dispute on those areas and provides for the normalization of the situation to remove the effects of previous policies before making a census paving the way for the final phase of a referendum in those areas to determine the dependence on the administrative territory of Kurdistan or Baghdad government of the Federal. and was scheduled completion of the provisions of Article end of 2007, but the presence of complex problems in Iraq, particularly in the disputed areas prevented it. A member of the political council of Arab Abd al-Rahman al-Asi's ( Rn) that "Article 23 is the road map for elections to the provincial council in Kirkuk. and the Arabs are committed to the application of article and want elections as soon as possible." "We want the elections and we want to give a quota to all components of Kirkuk in order to be a practical and there is no acquisition of a certain power of particular aspect of the door of the majority and minority. This is our main objective. " Observers believe that the file of the disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil is the most important challenge in Iraq after the withdrawal of U.S. forces at the end of this year, and say not to settle the situation in those areas would provoke conflict between the their components. Kurd and stresses the need to apply the constitutional article and they say the only road map to restore the rights to their owners and conflict resolution on it, but the Turkmen and Arab parties rejected it. From: Abdullah al-Amiri. Open: Abdullah Sabri
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